Oct
05

Photo: Seattle Tifo From USOC Final


I’ll get into the USOC final at some point today, I think. But I had to post this first. Just absolutely amazing Tifo from the Seattle crowd last night. (H/T to those on Twitter posting this…there was a couple of you)

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Oct
03

USOC Finals Preview: History On The Line For Seattle and Chicago


Here is a preview of tomorrow’s big US Open Cup between the Seattle Sounders and the Chicago Fire that I wrote for SBNation.com. I’m taking the Sounders tomorrow to win their third straight Cup, who do you all have?

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Aug
31

I think the crowd is a great motivator. For me, this is one of the best events - the Lamar Hunt Open Cup - but I'd really like to see it into a structure where it's not a bid system. A bid system is where one team will buy the games because they're bidding higher. I think 20 years ago, the college game was the same thing. It could go to the higher seeds, instead of a bid system where you're spending money, or it could be pre-determined. I think that brings out all the fairness to the event.
~ FC Dallas manager Schellas Hyndman

After losing last night to the Seattle Sounders, FC Dallas manager Schellas Hyndman had this to say about the current set-up of the USOC. As we all know by now each round host when MLS enters the tournament is done by a bid process. The higher the bid the better chance at hosting the game.…[continue reading]

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Mar
31

Boy, This Takes Me Back


A little highlight reel for you from last night’s Chicago Fire-Colorado Rapids USOC play-in game. The Fire won the match but to me the highlights and announcing by Fire PR man, and overall great guy, Brendan Hannan stole the show for me. I say this takes me back because as some of you know, I spent a…[continue reading]

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Feb
28

USOC Qualifying Pairing Released


The lovely (yes that is sarcasm) qualifying round for the 2011 edition of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup has been announced (per Soccer Insider Steve Goff). While the Seattle Sounders, the Los Angeles Galaxy, Real Salt Lake, FC Dallas, the New York Red Bulls and the Columbus Crew, all wait until early June for their…[continue reading]

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